The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-28

man, and the Hon. land would-be-but-
can't-be next governor of Ohio) Joseph
Benson Foraker. V.P.B.
An extract from the speech of Gov
ernor Ross, above referred to, and which
is as follows.-Bee.
1--WE see here to-day free and independ-
ent mingling of men from every section
of our broad domain, all prejudices of
the past forgotten, and, while our state
has been fortunate in securing thousands
of those who fought against us, and who
are an honor, both to the state which gave
them birth and our, which they have made
their home, it matters not whence they
come, they can exult in the reflection that
our country is the same, and they find
floating here the same banner that waved
above them there, with its broad folds un-
rent and its bright stars unobscured, and
in its defense, if needs be, the swords of
those old Confederates, SO recently
sheathed, would leap forth with equal
alacrity with those of the north.
"No nobler emotions can fill the breast of
any man than that which prompts him to
utter honest praise Of an adversary whose
convictions and opinions are at war with
his Own and where is there Confederate
soldier in our land who has not felt thrill
of generous admiration and appluse for
the pre-eminent heroism of the gallant
federal admiral who lashed hi self to tn
mainmast, while the tattered sails and
frayed cordage of his vessel was being
shot away by piecemeal above his head,
and slowly, but surely, picked his way
al |, Go ne u,h@
destructive powers consigned many of his
lucKless comrades to watery graves. The
tame of such men as Farragut, Stanly, Hood,
Lee, and the hundreds of private soldiers
who were the true heroes of the war, be-
long to all mankind. They were all cast
in the same grand mould of self-sacrificing
patriotism, and I intend to teach my
children to revere their names as long as
the love of country is respected as noble
sentiment in the human breast. 1t is
remarkable fact that those who bore the
brunt of the battle were the first to forget
old animosities, and consign to oblivion
obsolete issues. They saw that nothing
but sorrow and shame, and the loss of the
respect of the world was to be gained by
perpetuating the bitterness of past strife,
and, ilDpelled by spirit of patriotism,
they were willing, by all possible methods,
to create and give utterance to public
sentiment which would best conserve our
common institutions and restore that fra
ternsl concord in which the war of the revo-
luton left us and the federal constitution
found us; and ] emphasize the declara-
tion that, in most instances, those whose
hatred had remained implacable through
all these years of peace, are men who held
high carnival in the rear, and snored
louder in bed at home than they shouted
on the battlefield for their country, and,
after all danger had passed. emerged
from their hiding places, and in chronic
state of wolfishness, and, filled with fero-
cious zeal and courage, and blind to every
principle of wise craftsmanship, seek to
make amends for their lack of deeds of
valor by preaching crusade of bitter
ness while pressing to their lips the sweet
cup of revenge for whose Intoxicating
contents our country has already paid a
price that would have purchased the COB
let of the Egyptian queen"